Did I Wait Too Long to Bring a Lawsuit?

You have a lot of questions when someone you love have has been injured
or killed due to the negligence caused by doctors and hospital staff.

Under
medical malpractice laws, you can find the parties responsible for your loss and hold them
financially responsible for the death of your loved one.

Medical malpractice includes injuries such as failure to diagnose, items
left inside of a surgery patient, misdiagnosis, errors with anesthesia,
and bacterial infections acquired during a hospital stay. But medical
malpractice also includes cases in which the patient has died as a result
of these injuries (or any type of negligent injury). During these types
of cases you should know that the time allowed to file a lawsuit remains the same.

In medical malpractice lawsuits you have two years to bring a lawsuit against
the doctor, nurse or other healthcare professional that is responsible
for their death. This is the same type of time line given in many other
personal injury cases. However, when the time starts ticking is different. In most personal
injury cases your time limit begins when the injury is discovered. For
example, if you were in surgery several years ago and only recently found
any damage your time limit to file a claim would begin when the injury
was discovered to be as a result of the surgery. But with a death case,
the time begins once the patient has died.

It’s important to know as much information as possible when you’re
bringing a lawsuit against another party. But laws constantly change and
you need an experienced attorney who can give you the right answers at
any time and help you seek compensation on behalf of your loved one.

To learn more about medical malpractice law, I encourage you to watch the
video above and to explore our educational website at
http://www.spanglaw.com.

Cleveland Personal Injury Attorneys

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